As part of this blog’s ongoing deliciously directionless theme, I have decided to start a new series called “Worst travel writing jobs.” Also, “Deliciously Directionless” would be an outstanding foodie travel blog name. You’re welcome. (It has been claimed. Sorry.) The “Worst travel writing jobs” series stems from my ongoing…

The answer, of course, is “duh!” (I’d also accept the Latin “Derrr!!”) It’s inevitable. And travel apps will likely be all the rage until they invent the retina display and cerebral interface with a global 28G data connection to the Knowledge Cloud that will download information to our brains like…

So here’s a wacky thought: should there be a central hub for travel blog reviews? On the heels of last week’s rant, I’m wondering if the travel blogging industry wouldn’t benefit from a little fear. Constructive fear, obviously. This isn’t junior high school, though some days it feels like it….

In February, Killing Batteries celebrated its sixth birthday. It occurred to me that I should post something back then, but I didn’t because, while I had many things to say, I couldn’t ignore the fact that ultimately I had no point. And “What’s Your Point?” is high on my top…

Disclosure: That even on my best day, my book reviewing skills are amateurish notwithstanding, I am good friends with Doug and have therefore opted to skip doing a book review in favor of an only sporadically serious interview on his travels and scoring his first book, Europe on 5 Wrong…

This video tour is actually old news, but I’m belatedly posting it here to alert certain key visitors that 1) I’m now apparently widely considered to be a Minneapolis skyway expert and 2) I don’t look half bad on camera. It was produced a year ago as a promo piece…

UPDATE: August 10, 2012 – Digiboo is introducing a wireless download feature from their kiosks, eliminating the need for the flash drive transfer. As of this writing, kiosks are in the Minneapolis/St Paul, Seattle and Portland airports. Recently, for maybe the third or fourth time since they cured polio, I…

“What are the worst travel scams you’ve fallen for?” Doug Mack asked me during the second round of drinks at a recent “meeting.” The soon-to-be-published travel author had just returned from a trip to Havana, Cuba, where he and his girlfriend had been victim to the “I meant that’s the…

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Oh, look! Another voter-driven, who-to-follow travel Twitter list! So, here’s the fundamental problem with these voter-driven lists: they’re far more reflective of existing popularity and the willingness to campaign by the contenders than appreciable talent. Sure, voter-driven Top Whatever lists serve a vaguely useful purpose, even if that purpose is…